Thursday, April 5, 2012

Northern South Africa farmland

We finally made it through the border.  Grandpa nearly got fined for driving 5 feet past the stop sign so he would be by the border guard.  He was supposed to wait for him to get off his chair and walk over to the car.  He backed up and told the man he had repented and if we repent we should be forgiven.  The two guards talked it over and decided they really couldn't argue with that logic and let us go without a fine.  Grandpa and his gift of gab triumphs again.


We thought it was thoughtful of the authorities to warn us and I'm sure the bad guys would only Hi-jack by the sign.

Gaborone (pronouced Haverown) is the capital of Botswana.  Sheep, goats, and cattle are everywhere.  We were told that there are more cows in this country than people.


These are the taxis (Kombies).  They will sometimes pack 4 to a seat.  They are not the least concerned about seat belts and some of the time they run stop signs and break the speed limit.

1 comment:

  1. hi jack sign?? I have never seen that before. And only Dad would make friends with the president of a country and get out of a ticket at the border. But, hey who can really argue with missionaries about repenting? Very clever Dad.

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